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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
A GOOD DEAL IN A NAME.

To the Edit0r Of The Tribune.
sIR: cut frou THE TRIBUNE of Sunday. September 4
these scraps from article the naming Of towns:
Bishop protest The Forum aganst the
prosac trivial and oteu hdeous frequeatl' bestowed
"Pompsy is absurd bat II n better than "Paradox'
which adorns sottie1ent In Essex County. There VIZ
gl toe. which 10 less comicai than venics or Wermi
and "Hsinsr"f Very rse But Why "Oppenhelm," " uto
gia" and iiissinsvs" all Of which are to be found In
After Its perusai came to the conclusion that a.
beauy In tho eye Of the gazer so also the beauty OF
q name depends entirely the ears upoa which IL
falls Here, all my life long, have been laborins under
the dsuson that Oppenhsm Is beautiful and appro-
prate the early settlers OF this lovely Mohawk
Valley, coming from the Lower German Palatinate OF
the Rhas brought with them tue cherished names OF old
Oppsnhsni. Mannheim and Palatne. and handed them
down to the present generation interviewer with legends
oithe Rhine, and falling upon the Of the Mohawk
Dutchman Of to-day with a rhythm and musical
cadence which "Jnkses Holler" one side OF him aud
Salisbury Centre the ether never suggest True.
Jinkses Hoer Is terrible. but how much better u
"slespy Hollow" stripped Of its rsnancei
Why not keap the names as they comet They are
key to the history OF every town TO which they are ap
piled. Let keep Yusst" menento Of the /" Calf
fornia rush" which inspired young America with Iaw
less delight "slinging" ridiculous names at every
camping ground where they passed 9 Night. simpy %
snub the welbred propriees Of the old folks at home
IL Is emily where the "faevitabs Yankee buriss some
m lsical Rio do Plume" uHder Feather River" or
"Horn Alley" or tacks his vulgar "yiile that my
nerves shattered. dra~ my line 81 yille" Our
nextdoor neghbor. st. townsville" would bs go much
better as ST. John. H. G.
East Creek, Sept 8, 1857.
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npI pryyo VIEW EXTRA DITTOy BILL.

The Interstate Extrsdtion Convention, which met
In this city on August %, "a, and %, appointed
committee, consisting Of Ex-Governor Stewart OIL
Vermont; eI-Judge W. W. Montgomery, OF Georgia
L. J. Sherman, Of Massachusetts,; Attorney-Generai
Kirkpatrick, Of Pennsylvania; Charles E. Prior, oil
Ohio; and Goodwin Brown, Of New-York, to drat
bill to DO presented TO Congress providing for nni
form system Of extradition. quorum OF this COM
mtteo met yesterday, at the Murray Hi Hotel, and
agreed on . bill. The proposed law provides ior tho
preliminary arrest Of the demand for, and the suren
der Of ugtivcs fom the justice OF any Of the states
or Territories who committed treason, felony or
other crime therein, and have taken refuge In any
Of the other Territories IL pfescrbes rules
Of procedure 70 be observed by the Governors oi
both States and especially guards against the use OF
extraditl0n for the purpose Of collecting debts or io
other private purposes, laying q heavy penalty Oh
any person who snail take any fugitive hom justice
out OF any State 10 which he may have He'd, without
q writ OF surrender issued In accordance with inc
terms of the law - -, -
Copies of this bill viii be sent TO all the governors
and attorney generals and suggestions a. To change
wifi be received about thirty days. The committee
will meet again, probably I'm November, to revise me
bill and 1t viii then be presented to Congress In It's
final form, with memorial asking for It's passage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
WHAT PEOPLE WRITE ABOUT.
THAT MARVELLOUS METEOR.
DESCRIBED BY MAINE PROFESSOR WHO WENT
IN SEARCH OF IT.

DESCRIBED BY MAINE PROFESSOR WHO WENT
IN SEARCH OF 1T.
To tho Editor OF The Trtbnns
SIR: On Thursday evening" September Is, at
O'Clock local time, brilliant meteor passed through tho
sky Of this region creating great excitement among
the people, 1t was seen by . great many persons
widely separated and must have Illuminated q belt
Of country several hundred Dilcs In width. 1t was
distinctly at BANGOR Mo- at the Maine State Col
lego by astronomical party, by many citizens OF
vanceboro Calais, and other towns In Maine by ciu-
zens Of St. Johns, McAdams, Halifax and other points
, In tho provinces. Tho time so favorable that
many were on the streets and the illumination II
not the meteor The brakemcn the trains were par
ticularly fortunate. The next morning false report
circulated by party at McAdams Junction that
II had fallen that place and was as largo Is
Pullman car and 80 hot that could not get within
fifty rods Of It.
Knowing that a meteor had fallen, the writer took
tho train Vanceboro to learn II possible where
1t fallen and IL possible secure 1t for the State Col
lego. kilograms sent to st. Stephens and
Calais, Me-, and to Halifax and Yarmouth, N. 81 ~
learn whether 1t and in what direction, hoping
to Fix tho direction Of Its path. At Orono and Bangor
IL was seen the s. 4. At Vanceboro, Bridgewater,
McAdams Junction, and Calais 1t was observed about
20 degrees f. OF S. At Halifax 1t appeared 10 be-
W.: at Carleton in westerly direction. II these
lines traced the map 1t viii appear evident that
the meteor probably entered our ano phere near tho
boundary Of the states and Provinces and moved In
OF Nova Scotia e an Say Ian 7. led IN Tie
Ocean. The time was estimated by various obs ervers
a. from three seconds and the size that Of the
fun a small wash tub. Several boiieve they
heard a distinct kissing rushing sound. Most OF
the observers say IL was round body Of q deep red
color like the sun In smoky atmosphere, and from
this central portion extended purplish tail several
timos tho width of tho body and that starlike scin-
tillauons were continually given of. Some competent
observers regard the BODY ob0ng and one believed
the oblong mass divided into two denser portions
separated by a space OF greater br liancy The Light
given to the atmosphere was considered purplsh In
color IL will be interesting Ia learn whether II was
seen by shipping along tho Nova Scotia coast. The
phenomenon has caused great excitement In this region
and has been the topic OF conversation since the fall
Many badly frightened blinking that the mil
lenni um had come, and numerous and strange have
been the queries and theories regarding tho origin and
nature Of these hery bodies
+. l. HARVEY, Professor Natural History.
Agricultural and Mechanical College, orono, Me.
SsDtfUber I6. 1887.
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THE COURTS.
GETTING HER ALIMOyY INCREASED


Mrs Josephine NJ. Mcbride. wife of Robert p Mcbride
the wealthy merchant receiving $500 month alimony
from husband pending her suit against him In the So
prems Court for divorce On the first trial the Jury
disagreed and will probably take place next
month Argument on an apple aon for an additional allow.
anre Of $1,000 for Mcbride heard by Presiding
Judge Van brun the Supreme Court Chambers ysster
day. -
legal expenses opposition TO tho application. 10 ws1
had raid 500 to his wife and that during ne Last year his
had prospere He ha been obliged n borrow
obont 500 and ais last amounted
Si7 4i O5 the hal disagreed It was maintained
mat the simony reduced He had been compelled
10 close mp his house ~ n thave and was now living with
bs sster In Orange n The Judse decided Ia give the
nsinii an allowance Of 81 O00 saving that although the
aony appeared TO be excessive that fact could
not OF ejudice the laintifs right to counsel fees
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
FUNERAL OF AARON j. TANDERPoEL

MANY PROMINENT MEN ATTEND THE SERVICES IN
ST. BARrHoLoMEw's CHURCH
Thu funsral of Aaron J. vaaderpoel, who died in
Paris ON August o. held yesterday afternoon In
a. Barshoi ,mews Church at Forty-foarth-sr. and
Msdison AVE The coffin was borne into the church
nv six men and was followed by tho pall-bearers :
Governor Robert 8. Green, of New-Jersey; Judges
Charles II. Van Brunt. Abraham X. Lawrence, and
Henry W. Bookstaver; William Allen Butler. george
W. 0uintard James r. Cunning. DR.. Oakley Of
Elizabeth. N. j.; General Wager Swsyne. Aimon
C,oodvjn. g. 3. Brownell aud John 7. Agnew. Fol-
losing them came Mrs. vanderpoei, leaning on the
arm Of her son Mr. and Mrs. Augustus II. Wander
poel. Mr.. and Mrs Van Setback and other memoer
Of the family The procession was met at the door Of
the church by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Cooke rector OF
the church the Rev. Dr.. Henry T. Sattsrlee, OF
Calvary Church, and the Rev. Frederick w; Gam
peth. sssistant rector of St Bartholomew
quartet chanted the choral part OF the service; Dr
6atterlee read II Lesson, and DIR. Cooke READ tne
prayers.
Among those present at the services we're mayor
Hewitt General DaLiel z. Slckles, Recorder smyth,
District Attorney MARITIME. Assistant p"trotAtt0r-
Aey NicoIl, Judge Rapallo. the Rev. Dr.
William n. Taylor, RUFUS Hatch, fr"dercx
TAYLOR Henry Scars. Judge Donohne, c. r. Hunting
ton CharIes Butler Street Commissioner Coleman,
exIJpited States treasurer Thomas C. Acton. Joseph
s. Baswortb the Rev. Dr. John Hall John dransm.
the Rev. DR. Howard Crosby. General Stewart L.
Woodford; George Vanderpoei. ex-Commiseoner ..
J. Nersia sxJndes Van Worst. DIR. Willard farker.
Sx1syss smith Ely, j., BENJAMIN IL Field, H9oerI
Rss.Avslt. Edward Schcll. Julien 7. Davies, John
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21

THE REV. o. J. SQUTRES SPEAKS ON TEMPERANCE
PoULTSEY. VT, Sept 1s.-The Rev. o. J. Sluircs.
who has recently returned East after eight years
residence In Iowa. at tho request Of friends, ire
spective Of party Affiliations, last evening gave .
temperance lecture I'm tho Methodist Church here Tho
speaker characterized the prominently tho
age Of moral issues The questions scstiod in tho
early years OF the Republican party had ushered In
this era which witnessed Great Britain, Con-
tinental Europe and the far away isles, well az
our own country, struggling with moral and social
problems that would not have been proposed but for
what had been wrought out by our National struggle
Of twenty-five years ago. Foremost among these
"burnng questions" he said was that Of temperance
reform. The interest in this contest was certain to
intensity. The opposition of the rum power was only
fastening the decisive hour Eight years of con-
tinuous travel through Iowa In the employ of tho
Bible Society enabled him to speak from positive
knowledge of the decided success of the Prohibition
Law in that state. The Republican party was to ba
credited with the temperance legislation that was
blessing Iowa. The hearty approval of the largo
audience indicated tiat the orator was not far from
his hearers line OF thinking this question. Yer
mont. whie 1t has third party 10 speak OF, Is
practically solid for prohibition. u always constitutes
a prominent p ank in the Republican party Platform.
II Is understood that Mr Squircs has refused to enter
the present campaign In NewYOrk In the interest OF
the So called third party.
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THEA TRIOAL ADVERTISTYS MEv FIGHTING.

j. b. Early, advertising agent for the "fahu opor"
House en- summons procure ed the attendance at 1ene
son Market Police Court yesterday OF Charles Weish an
verng agent OF the Fifth Avenue Theatre on inc
=, .ssauI, Late Oh Saturday night Early sent out his
men and billed the city with the Lights o honaon,
n annears that Welsh, az later hour sent his Dill Psefs
ont With posters Mrs. Langtry's new play As IN ~
IOokIng Glass" on Sunday afternoon larry sarlsu y"
tonr az inspection At Broadway and twenty nlhtn ~
he found his poster covered by the Fifth Avenue ol
Near by stood Welsh smiling and t"isuhg s"'or
Tarly approached welsh and asked him what ne meant
nv covcrpc IN Lights o. London" posters ana rum
Ing Welsh replied that he would erea 1cbansd
ana the controversy wound by welsh striking larry
across the nose with his cane with such force tnht s
sVcL broke Early grabbed Welsh about the BODY anu
both men IL is said, fell 20 the sidewalk where tnsy
,oed around for minutes. Justice patterson paIoeu
the nri.oneJ on his own rccognznce until Friday when
An Examination will take place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
ELECTION FRAUDS AT HOME.

Ts the Edftor Of The Tribune
SIR: We are now drawing near to an election In this
State which q Of the utmost importance; not only
because Of the results Immediately following It, but
because of lt bearing upon the Presidential election
which is to be he'd next year. Therefore, 1t Is most
essential to the people Of this State that at this election
every precauton shall be taken to prevent the pracce
Of fraud at the polls. We always, at election time,
hear OF frauds being practised In the So uth bu for
some unknown reason, very little Is said II Northern
outrages Of this kind, which are certainly az detr-
mental to the welfare Of tho country a. tho ballobox
stuilng of the South. when speak Of tho Northern
outrages mean the frauds which ar rractised at tho
polls I'm York State, and, above all In New York
s1ty. where In some districts Democratic majorities
haye been piled up higher In round numbers than
there were legal voters In the district recall the
Instance Of friend OF mine who went to vote at the
time of the last Presidential election. Whep no gave
his name at the polls he was informed that three
persons had already proven themselves to- qualified
10 vote In his name. and had done So However, he
proved his Identity beyond doubt and that he had not yet
voted, so was allowed TO deposit his ballot Now, who
are accountable for these outragesi And cannot they
be checked or stopped H. to mo that IL high
time thst q little missionary work was done In tho
metropolis. Very truly yours, f. q. WYcKoFF
Rochester Sept. 12, 1887.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
MANGLED BY TIE FALLoF An ELEvA1uR.
rwo MEN rRIcHrTULLY NJUrxD WILL PROBABLY

TWO MEN FRIGHrPULLY INJURED WILL PROBABLY
DIE-A BROKEN DRUM THE CAUSE.
The building Nos. 131 and 133 Fr.nkllnst., oc-
cupied by vanhorne, Grien a Co., dealers In glass,
was shaken at 80 yesterday, and rsons In the
building were startled by loud crash In the base
mont. Ono Of the freight elevators had fallen from
tho nth floor, carrying down with It two portera,
Patrick o'Brten and Daniel Mulryan. The two men
wee found with the broken elevator at the foot of tho
shaft. They wcre alive but inscnsible, and it was
evident that they had been dangerously hurt. They
were taken TO the Chambers Street Hospital.
O'Bhen, ago twenty -soven, who lived at No. 40
Beachst, was suffering from an apparent fracture OF
the spine. Both his legs broken above the ankles
and the bones had been driven downward toward the
feet He had received number of bruises about the
body also. stu worse were the injuries Of Muryan,
who was man of middle age and had family living
At No. 662 washnston-st. His right thigh had been
broken bones could be made to knit together The
bones of his left leg wero broken In several places
bis spine injured, his right arm was broken and
his body was cut and bruised In many places. Doth
men recovered consciousness and were able to taik
about tho accident.
and had placed five cases of glass on the elevator
intending to take the glass to lower story. The
elevator every day for months Just as they were
leaving the nth story. on the downward trip, some
thing broke and the elevator shot down to the base
mont They were standing up on the elevator when
1t fell. Tho downward rush OF the elevator was so
swift that they lost their breath, ann they hafuy nan
time to think of anything, before they were crushed
into nsensibty at the bottom OF tho shaft. In the
afternoon 0'Brcn was transferred to the New-YorK
Hospital. IT said that the recovery OF the men
was possible. but not probable.
The falling of the elevator was said to have resulted
from the breaking OF the iron drum In the basement,
about which the cable supporting the elevator was
wound About two months ago the elevator mashi IN
cry was reported az unsafe, but It was repaired by
employees Of Otis Brothcrs the m ikers. 1t was then
believed 10 be In good order The elevator was not
intended to be used for carrying and II did not
have the safety appliances which are put on passenger
elevators No arrests were made by the police. Inc
elass which fell on tho elevator, crushed into
powder and the heavy beam. connecting at the top OF
the elevator with the framework and with the enne,
was broken to pieces. Inspectors OF tho Buidlnes
Rureau do not have jurisdiction over freight elevators
and there probably viii he Official Investigation OF
the accident unless Of the injured men dies ana
n Coronery inquest Is needed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
SORROWS OF A HIGHLAND PIPER.

The following notice was published yesterday:
\ OST-On Sept TO- o! Scotch pipcrs al II Cornndt
- st. liberal reward II returned to $50 Water ST. no
questions asked
At the number in Waterst. TRIBUNE reporter found
the owner Of the lost pipes. John Fitzgerald whose da-
lect closely resembles the wild Gaelic OF bis
on the hills that IL Is useless 10 attempt TO
transcribe IL here. He said In substance:
hearbroksn have not been able TO eat SLEEP or sit
earth and made good living IL All comes OF thief who
was IN coming from Newark near minish t
September 10. He and ] struck up an acquaintance
1 played the boat coming over the
river aud he passed around the hat for me.
turned all the TO me and was so Kind That
thought all could do to give him treat ana we went
Cortandt st. Ii there, when my
he whipped the pipes OF and left
It's tho police went sir but they Just
from pillar to post and laughed al me Inc aptan
Stason To the fonbs the Judge az
the Tom % sent Police Headquarters; was sent all
building TIL finally called down through
pipe In the basement says he: Have -
Heland pipes her:l Then they laughed aud
down 10 tho Old Slip station and the captain
there said Il not IN his district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21

E. Parsons, Or. b. I. vosburg, the Raw Dr. Henry
J. Van Dyke, IT,. e1surrogate Calvin, Henry I.
Sprsgue lsaac Dayton, George ". Binnt. Mr., Mull-
Russell. eI-Judge B. T. Morgan, Judge Harper Of
Paterson, N. D.; w. n. Halstesd, ex-Judee D. Hon.
John E. Devln. ex-Police Commissioner Mclean. the
r. Coudert. and John n. Bcribnsr. There were alec
present delegations from the Connci Faculty and
alumni Of the University of the City Of New-York,
the Holland Society. the Manhattan Club, the Gen.
fury Club and the st. Nicholas Society Tho body
kept at the church last night and this morning 1t
will be taken to Undertook, where II will he buried
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
COURT CALENDARS.
Wednesdav. septembsr 81. 1ss;

Wednesday September 81. 1887
SUPREME C0uRr-CHAMBKR5-Bef0re Van Brune n j..
IS 81 So Si ss o., co. 10 . i0i los 100 Ill ii9 i2L
1850 IS2 lt0 ~ i!S ilS ibS lss "a l7o l7o 49, 49,
1874 1885, ls9 1885, 196 1873, 202. 203, 20f
sUrsEnx counI-srEciAL TEEs-PAEf L-Befors pens-
SuRaooATKs CoURTBefors Rollna s-Estate Of Harriet
Morey 10 30 M; estate Louis A. Nesmith 1880 me-
ssSats Of Pauline Wilson Campbell IL estate OF John
Tohr. II a. m. win Of Sarah Peck. II M, VII Of
orotra JacUbson will OF Mary Ann Flaming ~ %.
sUPEMoR CoUgr-sPEcIAL rERA-Be'sre Truax. J-Ns
day calendar. .. r-... ,...-. r.,-v ~. L.
calendar. - -. 49, No.. xr.u
Nos i7sS ss6 isIe 1900 20Ss, 2.ai, 49, 1873. Seas
saiae, i4ss l1sS i4sS 1885, 22s4 sas7 97oL isas
CrY CoDsrmTasAi TEsn-pAnT dIis Before 1 B5cwse
2iSi. ai7S ai7S aiSl ai76 9i77. aiSi. 5iss ana
CouRr OF oaxlRAL eEssioss-PAsr L-ne1ore CsvinE r.
and Assistant District Attorney DaviA-NoA a-PeAAs
inSs-S. 1919 10 ~. ~ "a .~.
COURT OF orHnRAL s1Esiox9..fA ar u-Aefo,y 1890
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
ITALIANS oELEBRA7E AN ANNIVERSARY.

The united Italian societies OF this city, Brooklyn.
Hobossn and Newark TO the numoer OF fifty two. com
prisng some 5000 men, found 1t much more pleasant
work marching into NewYork City yesterday than the
Italian troops under Cadorna did when they entered
Rome seyenteen years ago All these societies joined
hands yesterday to commemorate that triumph great In
Italian history and celebrated with great success In
the morning they had procession divided into four
companies. which were kept together rather IN
rhythmcay by a dozen brass bands. The procession
was reviewed by Mayor Hewitt. Coroner MESSENGER and
In front of the City Hall Afterward the process
sion marched to Peck Slip and sailed from there TO
Brommer's Union Park In a ferryDoat At the park the
afternoon and evening spent In general Publications
and speeches. Baron Fava the Italian Minister at
Washington. present aud made speech which was
greatly appauded The proceeds Of the festival will be
given TO the funds OF the Italian Benevolent Society and
the proposed Italian hospital
PHILADELPHIA Sept 20 (Specidp. Italian societies
paraded to-day In OF the OF Rome by Victor
Emmanuel in $40 About 1000 were mounted and
four companies of infantry were In line
PTTsBuRG. Sept 2O-The Italian societies OF this city
celebrated the anniversary OF the occupation OF Rome by
the Italian troops. to-day by large parade and picnic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
wAsHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON. Tuesday, Sept 20, 1887
PREPAYMENT OF INTEREsr-Appfcations for prepay
ment of interest on registered bombs amounting TO
e175O0O received At the treasury O-aay, MAKING
the total to date $95537, l5O.
REVENUE Conference.-The collections from Internal
Revenue during July and August aggregated
e2O9JOO36 an Increase OF $l.607.z80 a. compared
with the first two months of the last fiscal year.
PsRsoxAL-E b. Sargent, an examiner OF the British
Civil Service Commission arrived in the city day and
called upon tho Civil service COm mission. wno OK
paned workings Of the systcm In the United states
TO him.
FoURrHCLAss PosTMAsrERs-The Acting postmaster
General has appointed the following fourthclass post
masters: Charles Young South Waterford, Me-; MIS-
Almra E Bills, south Appalachian, NJ Y.